General Knowledge - Basic - 028

4051 : Who is the author of ” Manasantharam “?
Ans : Balachandran Chullikkadu

4052 : Who is the author of “Unto This Last”?
Ans : John Ruskin

4053 : Who was the first Kerala State film award winner for best Actress?
Ans : Sheela

4054 : Who is the inventor of Polythene?
Ans : Fawcett

4055 : Who is the author of “Kashmir A Tragedy of Errors”?
Ans : Tavleen Singh

4056 : Who is the author of “Past and Present”?
Ans : Thomas Carlyle

4057 : Who is the author of Middle March ?
Ans : George Eliot

4058 : Who is the author of My Country My Life?
Ans : LK.Advani

4059 : Who was the first Malayalee President of lndian National Congress?
Ans : C.Sankaran Nair

4060 : A long narative poem recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero is called?
Ans : Epics

4061 : A poem that mourns on someone’s death is called?
Ans : Elegy

4062 : Who is the author of “An Idealist View of Life”?
Ans : Dr. S.Radhakrishnan

4063 : The most important stimulant in coffee leaves is?
Ans : Caffeine.

4064 : Who is the author of “A Passage to England”?
Ans : Nirad C. Chauduri

4065 : Who is the author of “Twenty Years After”?
Ans : Alexander Dumas

4066 : Vizzy Trophy is associated with?
Ans : Cricket

4067 : Which was the first Indian pharamaceutical firm listed on New York Stock exchange?
Ans : Dr Reddy’s Laboratories

4068 : Longest River?
Ans : The Nile (Egypt)

4069 : Spy organisation formed by Germany during the second world war?
Ans : Fifth Columists

4070 : Who is the author of “Ujjaini Agnishalabhangal”?
Ans : O.N.V Kurup

4071 : Gate of tears?
Ans : Strait of bab-el-Mandeb

4072 : The scientific name of Donkey is?
Ans : Equus asinus

4073 : Who questioned the Sale of Indulgence?
Ans : Martin Luther

4074 : Who is the author of “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”?
Ans : Edward Gibbon

4075 : Who is the author of “Angles in America”?
Ans : Tony Kushner

4076 : Country ousted from League of Nations in 1939 ?
Ans : U.S.S.R

4077 : Most famous Paleolithic man was the Neandarthal Man was discovered from ?
Ans : Germany

4078 : The Capital of Honduras?
Ans : Tegucigalpa

4079 : Who is the author of “Friends and Foes”?
Ans : Sheikh Mujibur Rehman

4080 : Who were the leaders of Guruvayur Sathyagraha ?
Ans : K. Kelappan and A.K. Gopalan

4081 : Who is the author of ” Greater Common Good”?
Ans : Arundhati Roy

4082 : Who is the inventor of Kidney Machine?
Ans : Kolf

4083 : Who is the author of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”?
Ans : Thomas Hardy

4084 : Lenin started a newspaper known as ?
Ans : Iskara in 1900

4085 : In which lake Nehru Trophy Boat race is conducted?
Ans : Punnamada lake

4086 : Eisenhower Trophy is associated with?
Ans : Golf (Amateurs – World)

4087 : The execution of the Pallivasal Hydroelectric Scheme was during the period of?
Ans : Sri Chitra Thirunal.

4088 : The Currency of Nigeria?
Ans : Naira

4089 : Who is the Father of Super Computer?
Ans : Symur Cray

4090 : Nepal celebrated its first day as a republic on ?
Ans : 28-May-08

4091 : Who is the author of Best and the Brightest?
Ans : The David Halberstam

4092 : Who is the inventor of Nylon?
Ans : W.Carothers

4093 : Who is the author of “Canterbury Tales”?
Ans : Chaucer

4094 : Who is the author of “Life Divine”?
Ans : Aurobindo Ghosh

4095 : Who is the author of “Mein Kampf”?
Ans : Adolf Hitler

4096 : The famous Koodalmanikyam Temple at Irinjalakkuda; dedicated to Bharata was a famous?
Ans : Jain temple.

4097 : Water balance in the body is mainly controlled by ?
Ans : ADH (Anti Diuretic Hormone) secreted by hypothalamus.

4098 : Who is the author of “Himalayan Blunder”?
Ans : J.P. Dalvi

4099 : The largest snake is ?
Ans : Anaconda

4100 : Who is the inventor of Umbrella?
Ans : Samuel Fox

4101 : Who is the author of “Shadow from Ladakh”?
Ans : B h a b a n i Bhattacharya

4102 : Who is the creator of the famous characters “Cordelia; Desdemona; Hamlet”
Ans : Shakespeare

4103 : Most cultured civilisation of Middle Ages was of?
Ans : Arabs

4104 : Who is the author of “Asian Drama”?
Ans : Gunnar Myrdal

4105 : Who is the author of “My Presedential Years”?
Ans : R. Venkatraman

4106 : Chepauk Ground (Chennai) is associated with which Sport?
Ans : Cricket

4107 : Gora; Chitra; Rehman; Mini
Ans : Rabindranath Tagore

4108 : Who is the author of “The Illusion of Destiny”?
Ans : Prof.Amartya Sen

4109 : Dance form in Argentina is known as ?
Ans : Tango

4110 : Which is the worshipping centre of the Jews?
Ans : Synagogue

4111 : Pazhassi Raja was shot dead on ?
Ans : 30th November 1805

4112 : Planet Farthest (from the Sun)?
Ans : Pluto

4113 : Vitamin D is also called?
Ans : Calciferol

4114 : Which is the brain of the computer?
Ans : CPU

4115 : which disease may be caused by Radiation ?
Ans : Leukaemia.

4116 : Indian Institute of Science is located at?
Ans : Bangalore.

4117 : Highest Volcano (World)?
Ans : Cotopoxi (Andes; Eucador)

4118 : Who is the author of “Faces of Everest”?
Ans : Maj H P SAhluwalia

4119 : Longest Small Ship Canal?
Ans : Beloye (White Sea) Baltic Canal (CIS) 226 km long.

4120 : Who is the inventor of Uranium?
Ans : Henry Becquerel

4121 : Who is the author of Freedom at Midnight ?
Ans : Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

4122 : Who is the author of Asia and Western Dominance?
Ans : KM Panicker

4123 : Which are the four mutts founded by Sankaracharya in Trichur?
Ans : Vadakke Madham; Neduwil Madham; Edayil Madham and Thekke Madham

4124 : The Capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
Ans : Port-of-Spain

4125 : Who is the author of Origin of Species ?
Ans : Charles Darwin

4126 : Who is the Pro-Chancellor of Agricultural University in Kerala?
Ans : Agriculture Minister

4127 : Zinjanthropus; considered to be the earliest in the human species were found in the?
Ans : Great Rift Valley of Central Africa

4128 : Who is known as the Father of history?
Ans : Herodotus

4129 : Who is the author of ” Guide”?
Ans : R.K. Narayan

4130 : Which is the Central Bank of India?
Ans : Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

4131 : What is the number of ribs in human body?
Ans : 24

4132 : The Great fire of London was in the year?
Ans : 1666

4133 : Who is the author of “Pamela”?
Ans : Samuel Richardson.

4134 : Who is the author of ” Sea of Poppies”?
Ans : Amitav Ghosh

4135 : The Sumerian Empire declined towards BC2650 due to the attack of ?
Ans : The Accadians

4136 : Who is the author of Sense and Sensibility ?
Ans : Jane Austen

4137 : Who is the author of “The Bride of the Sahib and other Stories. “?
Ans : Khushwant Singh

4138 : World Economic Forum -WEF is a non-profit foundation with its headquarters at?
Ans : Geneva

4139 : Which place is known as the Second Mecca of football lovers?
Ans : Kozhikode

4140 : Don Juan
Ans : Lord Byron

4141 : Who is the author of “The Seagully”?
Ans : Anton Chekov

4142 : Perumbadappu Swoorupam is the old name of?
Ans : Kochi

4143 : Who is the author of Memories and Musings ?
Ans : K.P.S.Menon

4144 : MCC Trophy is associated with?
Ans : Hockey

4145 : The Capital of Central African Republic?
Ans : Bangui

4146 : Who is the inventor of Carburettor?
Ans : Daimler

4147 : Who is the author of “Uttar Ramcharita”?
Ans : Bhava Bhuti

4148 : Mac Mohan Line separates?
Ans : India and China

4149 : Which symbol is seen in the ‘Anchal’ stamps of Travancore?
Ans : Conchshell

4150 : The representatives of the 13 American colonies met at the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia in ?
Ans : 1774

4151 : Who is the author of Brick Lane ?
Ans : Monica Ali

4152 : Who wrote The Republic ?
Ans : Plato

4153 : Durand Line separates?
Ans : Pakistan and Afghanistan

4154 : Varanasi is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Ganges

4155 : The Capital of Sierra Leone?
Ans : Freetown

4156 : Who is the author of Triumph ?
Ans : John Kenneth Galbraith

4157 : The abnormal rise in total count of RBC is called?
Ans : Polycythemia.

4158 : Who is the author of Gathering Storm ?
Ans : Winston Churchill

4159 : The first Atom Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima by America on ?
Ans : August 6; 1945.

4160 : Who is the author of “Bang-e-Dara”?
Ans : Mohamed Iqbal

4161 : Who is the author of “Spouse”?
Ans : Shobha De

4162 : Urea is removed from the blood by ?
Ans : Kidneys

4163 : The biggest source of aid to the third world is ?
Ans : The World Bank

4164 : A narrative or biography written from personal experience is called?
Ans : Memoirs

4165 : Who is the inventor of Arc Lamp?
Ans : C.F.Brush

4166 : Who is the author of “His Majesty’s Opponent Subhas Chandra Bose & India’s struggle against Empire”?
Ans : Sugata Bose

4167 : Who was the Kurichya leader who assisted Pazhassi Raja in the guerilla warfare ?
Ans : Talakkal Chandu

4168 : Who is the only person to hold the office of MLA; MP; Speaker; Minister; Deputy Chief Minister and Chief Minister?
Ans : C.H. Muhammad Koya.

4169 : First Woman Judge in Supreme Court?
Ans : Fathima Beevi

4170 : The Capital of Timor?
Ans : Dili

4171 : The young one of Dolly was born in 1998. Name it?
Ans : Polly

4172 : Remedy for Myopia also known as near sightness or short sightness. is to use ?
Ans : Concave lens

4173 : Who is the author of “For Whom the Bell Tolls”?
Ans : Earnest Hemingway.

4174 : Who is the author of ” The Great Indian Novel God’s Own Country”?
Ans : Shashi Tharoor

4175 : …………. plant absorbs water from atmosphere?
Ans : Orchid

4176 : Who is the author of One Life ?
Ans : Christian Bernard

4177 : Surat is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Tapti

4178 : Who is the creator of the famous character Emma Woodhouse?
Ans : Jane Austen

4179 : Who is the author of “Velichathil”?
Ans : Balamani Amma

4180 : Bombay Gold Cup is associated with?
Ans : Hockey

4181 : Who is the author of “Anna Karenina”?
Ans : Tolstoy

4182 : The major movement in India connected with plant conservation is ?
Ans : Chipko movement

4183 : Who is the creator of the famous character “Emma Woodhouse”
Ans : Jane Austen

4184 : CP-20-961; what is it ?
Ans : Malarial vaccine.

4185 : Who is the author of Blood Brothers ?
Ans : M.J.Akbar

4186 : Which is the autobiography of Adolf Hitler?
Ans : “Mein Kampf”(My Struggle)

4187 : What was the slogan for the Year of Books (2002)?
Ans : “Books for All and All for Books”

4188 : Who is the author of The Google Story ?
Ans : David A. Vise

4189 : Maginot Line separates?
Ans : France and Germany.

4190 : Who is the author of “Divine Comedy”?
Ans : A Dante

4191 : The famous work – An Essay on the Principle of Population is by ?
Ans : Thomas Malthus

4192 : Who is the inventor of Atomic Theory?
Ans : John Dalton

4193 : Who is the author of “Sceptred Flute”?
Ans : Sarojini Naidu

4194 : Who is the author of “War of the Worlds”?
Ans : The HG Wells

4195 : Who is the author of “Ambalamani”?
Ans : Sugathakumari

4196 : The School of Scandal ?
Ans : R.B. Sheridan

4197 : National Institute of Communicable Diseases is located in ?
Ans : Delhi

4198 : The first Grama Panchayat which produced and distributed electricity on their own?
Ans : Mangulam

4199 : T.K. Madhavan; K. Kelappan; KP. Keshavamenon were the major-leaders of?
Ans : Vaikkam Sathyagraha

4200 : The proportion of R.B.C. and W.B.C. in human body is ?
Ans : 25.00069444444444